Geophysical Investigations of Saline Permafrost at Ilulissat, Greenland

• Main Authors: Ingeman-Nielsen, Thomas, Foged, Niels Nielsen, Butzbach, Rune, Jørgensen, Anders Stuhr
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Northern Engineering, University of Alaska Fairbanks 2008
• Subjects: Ice content; resistivity survey; saline permafrost; temperature measurements; Greenland; Ilulissat; Active layer thickness; greenlandic; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/7d806d0d-0d42-4480-a3e6-16e77754a421

The technical properties and general state of permafrost in Greenland is not well documented. A new coordinated investigation has been initiated, for ground temperature measurements and permafrost mapping in Greenlandic towns in sporadic, discontinuous and continuous permafrost zones. We present inv...